Our side
MoneylineUL to win
ours 38%
Projected score
30–26
UL – USM
2026-10-24 · kickoff TBD
M. M. Roberts Stadium · Hattiesburg, MS
SBC game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Southern Miss lead
24–5
· 29 meetings since 1953
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
99 ranks
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns #81 rush offense
Southern Miss Golden Eagles #180 run defense
Pass game
edge Southern Miss Golden Eagles
177 ranks
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns #213 pass offense
Southern Miss Golden Eagles #36 pass defense
Run game
edge Southern Miss Golden Eagles
93 ranks
Southern Miss Golden Eagles #137 rush offense
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns #230 run defense
Pass game
edge Southern Miss Golden Eagles
60 ranks
Southern Miss Golden Eagles #91 pass offense
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns #151 pass defense
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Run-heavy · 62% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 57 rush ypg
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Balanced · 51% run
Avg pace
Michael Desormeaux · 29-25
Charles Huff · 39-25
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
DB
Brent Gordon Jr.
11 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT
#72 DB
DB
Avery Demery
8 tkl · 1 INT
#188 DB
DB
Collin Jacob
17 tkl
#211 DB
TE
Caden Jensen
5 rec · 77 yds
#59 TE
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
RB
Steven Robinson
174 rush yds · 3 TD · 1 rec
#37 RB
DB
Kobi Albert
7 tkl · 1 PD · 3 INT
#87 DB
DB
Laquan Robinson
17 tkl · 1 PD
#192 DB
LB
Mathis Haygood
15 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 2.5 TFL
#133 LB
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Louisiana offense vs Southern Miss defense+6.2 pts
Southern Miss offense vs Louisiana defense-0.5 pts
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.